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For unions, presidential approval of payroll relief is key

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Trade unions and associations representing the 17 sectors that employ the most people in the country are calling on President Lula to approve the bill that extends the payroll relief until 2027. The text was approved by Congress in October and sent to the president sign it into law. The deadline is November 23.The extension allows companies in these sectors to pay a rate of 1% to 4.5% on gross revenues instead of 20% on payroll. Among the sectors included in the text are the labor-intensive textile, footwear, machinery and equipment, animal protein, construction, communications, and road transport industries.In a manifesto published on Thursday (9), the unions expressed concern about job losses if the bill is not approved. "Today there are 9 million jobs in the 17 sectors that employ the most people in the country, tomorrow this number could be reduced to just over 8 million," they warn.Ricardo Patah, president of the General Union of Workers (UGT), told Valor that among the sectors benefiting from the measure are many that are the entry point for young people into the labor market. "It is very difficult for a young person to get their first job, and they manage to do so in different areas of these sectors, such as telemarketing. Companies are committed to maintaining the level of employment that exists today. Without the exemption, companies are talking about laying off workers or replacing them with machines," said Mr. Patah.Vivien de Mello Suruagy, president of the National Federation of Call Centers, Installation, and Maintenance of Telecommunications and Information Technology Network Infrastructure...

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